MILLER  E.C.

Given Names:  Ernest Cresswell

               

Service Number:  458

Unit:  6th Battalion, D Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Glass Silverer                                                                                            

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                  

Weight:  145 Lbs

Chest:  36-38 In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:  FATHER  George Fred Miller

116 Edgevale Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:                                       

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  8071

British War Medal:  39001

Victory Medal:  1103

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1892

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  George Fred MILLER                  

Mother:  Elizabeth Adelaide MORLEY

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 8/5/1915                            

Place: Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey        

Burial:  No known grave,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Killed during the attack on Krithia

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 303649

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary